Best Benjamin Felix Podcasts (2025)

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Ugandan Military Footprint in East Africa: Imperialism or Pan-Africanism With Gen Felix Kulayigye. 44:46

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Episode Description: The UPDF’s Regional Role — A Fresh Look at Power, Doctrine, and Integration This episode of The East African Perspective presents an uncommon and detailed conversation with General Felix Kulayigye, spokesperson of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces. He explains the UPDF’s doctrine, regional mission, and long-term vision for Eas…

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Noble: Solving Crypto's Liquidity Problem, One Chain at a Time - Jelena Djuric 41:26

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In this episode, Sebastien is joined by Jelena Djuric, co-founder of Noble, a generic asset issuance chain built for the Cosmos ecosystem. Jelena shares her journey into crypto, which began with an interest in political science, leading her to discover Bitcoin's potential. She describes the origins of Noble, created to solve a critical need within …

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Episode 378: Learning from Market History 52:17

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In this episode, we are joined by Mark Higgins, an award-winning author and institutional investment advisor, to discuss the power and importance of studying US financial history. Mark brings his wealth of knowledge as a financial historian to the show as he shares the value of studying financial history, the role the financial system plays in the …

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Ugandan Military Footprint in East Africa: Imperialism or Pan-Africanism? UPDF as a Regional Force (Part 1) 54:51

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In this episode of The East African Perspective, Thomas and I take on the Uganda People’s Defence Forces and its role in the region. We look at the UPDF not only as Uganda’s army but as a force active in Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, and beyond. We talk about the GERD dam dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt, the stubborn insurgency of the ADF, and th…

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Benjamin Sarquis Peillard: Cap Labs – Insured Yield & the Future of Stablecoins 58:02

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In this episode, Sebastien Couture is joined by Benjamin, the founder of CAP, a stablecoin protocol designed to provide insured yield. The protocol features two main products: CUSD, a digital dollar, and stCUSD, its staked, yield-bearing version. Yield is generated through an "allocation engine" where third-party operators borrow from the protocol'…

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Episode 377: Investing in Your Health 1:15:48

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Your health may well be the most important investment you ever make, and the earlier you start, the better your outcomes are likely to be. In this episode, Ben Felix is joined by Ben Wilson, Portfolio Manager and Head of M&A at PWL Capital, who steps in as today’s co-host to unpack why decisions about exercise, nutrition, sleep, and mental well-bei…

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Nancy Kalembe: Politics, Media, and the future of Uganda's Youth 53:34

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In this episode of The East African Perspective, I sit down with Nancy Kalembe, former presidential aspirant, author, and one of Uganda’s most recognizable voices in politics and media. We talk about: Her journey in politics and the challenges of campaigning as a woman in Uganda. The state of journalism/Main stream media and what it means for Ugand…

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Episode 376: Climbing The Wealth Ladder 57:03

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Are your financial decisions evolving as your wealth grows? In this episode of the Rational Reminder Podcast, we welcome back Nick Maggiulli to unpack his approach to climbing the wealth ladder and creating the life you want. Nick is the Chief Operating Officer at Ritholtz Wealth Management, the author of The Wealth Ladder and Just Keep Buying, and…

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East African Integration, State of Affairs with Ambrose Ngobi Ogwang 1:01:31

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Ambrose Ngobi brings a grounded view on East African integration. He explains how trade rules, regional security, and institutions affect jobs, investment, and mobility. We examine the East African Community, AfCFTA links, and the politics of a future federation. The episode focuses on policy, not slogans. If you want a plain account of where integ…

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Mento: Onchain FX Markets - Decentralising World Currencies - Markus Franke 1:06:14

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TradFi FX markets are slow, expensive and often lack liquidity for direct swaps between different world currencies, having to route through USD pairs. While crypto could technically solve pairing through AMM pools, those needed to be arbitraged in order to reflect TradFi rates. With 15 fully-backed stablecoins, Mento is building the largest FX infr…

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Episode 375: Covered Calls: A Devil's Bargain 1:14:22

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In this episode, Ben and Dan take a deep dive into covered call strategies—popular ETFs often marketed on their eye-catching distribution yields. While these products promise steady “income,” the reality is more complicated. Drawing on recent research from the Journal of Alternative Investments (“A Devil’s Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines…

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f(x) Protocol: Decentralized Yield-Bearing Stablecoin & 0-Liquidation Perp - Cyrille Brière 1:00:22

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Without a doubt, the introduction of stablecoins has vastly increased overall crypto liquidity, adoption and real-world use cases as they offered a safe haven against the industry’s volatility, especially during bearmarkets. However, despite being extremely efficient, the main stablecoin actors (i.e. Circle & Tether) are centralised entities. Many …

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Euler: The DeFi Super App - Michael Bentley 1:00:01

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Euler is a DeFi lending protocol built around the idea of permissionless modularity, enabling users to lend and borrow almost any crypto asset with flexible, permissionless pools, tailored to individual risk profiles. Moreover, Euler Vault Kit (EVK) and Ethereum Vault Connector (EVC) enable the creation of custom lending vaults which, in turn, can …

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Episode 374: The Underperformance of Target Date Funds 55:51

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In this episode, we’re joined by David C. Brown, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Arizona, for a deep dive into the mechanics, performance, and pitfalls of target date funds (TDFs)—the most common investment vehicle in U.S. retirement accounts. David has spent years researching glide paths, benchmarking methods, and industry prac…

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Art in Motion: Migration, Mobility, and Humanity with Odur Ronald 47:13

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In this episode of The East African Perspective, I sit down with Odur Ronald, one of Uganda’s most exciting contemporary artists, whose work turns aluminum and copper into living reflections of power, identity, and human struggle. We talk about the intersection of art, humanity, and society, and how creativity can document history, question authori…

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DEAN ROSENTHAL - Field Recordings & électroacoustique

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Programme de Dean Rosenthal pour webSYNradio : Field Recordings & électroacoustique. Le travail présenté ici s’étend sur près d’un quart de siècle et comprend des pièces emblématiques de Dean Rosenthal entre field recordings et musique electroacoustique. http://synradio.fr/dean-rosenthal-field-recordings-et-electroacoustique/…

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Episode 373: Asset Allocation in Practice 1:21:38

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What if choosing your asset allocation was as personal as your life story—and as consequential as your retirement? In this episode, we are joined by PWL Capital’s Louai Bibi and Ben Wilson for a deep dive into how advisors guide clients through the most important portfolio decision they’ll ever make. Louai walks us through the research, psychology,…

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Zama: FHE and The Holy Grail of Blockchain Privacy 56:12

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Blockchains operate as a public ledger, ‘disclosing’ the entire transaction history and associated data to everyone. While verifiability and traceability are key traits, as blockchains gain global adoption, those very features hinder the process. Self custody, on-chain identities, corporate strategies, transaction history, private deals, all repres…

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Episode 372: Elie Hassenfeld - (Approximately) Optimal Philanthropy 1:06:56

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In this episode, we are joined by Elie Hassenfeld, Co-Founder and CEO of GiveWell to discuss how data, transparency, and moral trade-offs can guide charitable giving with maximum impact. Elie brings his background in finance and philosophy to the world of global philanthropy—explaining how GiveWell rigorously evaluates programs to determine which o…

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Pareto: Customizable On-Chain Private Credit Marketplace - Matteo Pandolfi 1:08:21

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Built primarily for institutional-grade clients, Pareto delivers customizable on-chain credit markets designed to expand DeFi liquidity and TradFi tokenization through structured yield strategies tailored to diverse risk profiles. Pareto allows its users to construct individualized credit lines in specific risk-ajusted tranches, with custom: intere…

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Episode 371: Banks Sell Products, Not Advice 56:18

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In this episode, Ben Felix and Cameron Passmore take a critical look at the Canadian banking system’s mutual fund advice model. A newly released study by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) confirms what many already suspected: Canadian bank branches aren't in the business of giving imp…

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Lagrange: ZK-Proving AI Alignment - Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh 56:51

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In an age when AI models are becoming exponentially more sophisticated and powerful, how does one ensure that proper results are being generated and that the AI model functions in desired parameters? This pressing concern of AI alignment could be solved through cryptographic verification, using zero knowledge proofs. ZKPs not only allow for verifyi…

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Solidarity & Survival: Climate Justice from an East African Lens Part 2 36:57

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In this powerful episode of The East African Perspective, we sit down with award-winning Ugandan climate activist Hamira Kobusingye, the 2023 recipient of the 18th Bremen Solidarity Prize. Hamira, founder of Climate Justice Africa, and a voice within Fridays for Future Africa. We discussed the intersection of climate injustice with gender, race, an…

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Episode 370: Dave Chilton (The Wealthy Barber): Timeless Financial Advice 1:32:18

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What if the most impactful financial advice isn’t about picking the right investment—but about understanding human behaviour, simplifying your life, and laughing along the way? In this episode of the Rational Reminder podcast, we’re joined by none other than David Chilton, author of the legendary personal finance book The Wealthy Barber. David shar…

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Zorp: Nockchain's ZK Proof-of-Useful-Work Consensus - Logan Allen 1:12:47

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Inspired by Urbit’s minimal assembly language, Nockchain fuses Urbit’s vision of sovereign computing with a novel proof-of-useful-work consensus mechanism, creating a blockchain where every computation fuels progress and scaling. The crypto-economics behind Nockchain’s zkVM incentivise competition between zero knowledge provers, ultimately bootstra…